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Donald Trump impeachment inquiry: Gordon Sondland ties US president to Ukraine pressure campaign; EU envoy kept Pompeo informed
• 5 years agoGordon Sondland, the diplomat at the center of the House impeachment inquiry, kept Secretary of State Mike Pompeo apprised of key developments in the campaign to pressure Ukraine's leader into public commitments that would satisfy President Donald Trump, two people briefed on the matter said.
Joe Biden defends record at third Democratic Debate in Houston, retains sizeable lead over Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
• 5 years agoThe former US vice president survived another Democratic debate on Thursday largely unbloodied and unbowed, leaving those on the margins of the race for the party’s 2020 nomination.
Democrat candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker faceoff in primary debate; ex-US V-P targeted over decades-old political record
• 6 years agoFormer vice president Joe Biden, who found himself the target of criticism from nearly half the candidates on the debate stage, was forced to defend his decades-old political record on multiple fronts as other White House hopefuls sought to tear him down.
'Boring!': Donald Trump disses first Democratic debate in one-word tweet, takes potshot at NBC for technical glitch during session
• 6 years agoTrump, who has been a polarizing, name-calling and often chaotic president, is publicly expressing confidence about his re-election prospects in 2020.
Democrats take centrestage: Clinton, Sanders debate as focus turns to minority voters
Fp Archives • 9 years agoDemocratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debated again on Thursday night as the focus turned to minority voters influential in contests later this month in South Carolina and Nevada
We are not at war with Islam, but with violent extremists: Hillary Clinton during #DemDebate
Fp Archives • 9 years agoUS Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton made an impassioned plea Saturday for global unity against radical Islam
Hillary Clinton’s 'best debate yet', Bernie Sanders gets the applause, Trump tweets 'like a bird'
Nikhila Natrajan • 9 years agoAmerican television’s political pundits came away saying the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas Tuesday night is “one of Hillary Clinton’s best debates yet” while surprise challenger Bernie Sanders stayed true to his image.
Democratic debate 2015: Clinton, Sanders emerge as frontrunners; clash on guns, economy, foreign policy
Fp Archives • 9 years agoHillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over US involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy in the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday.